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Oral history interview with Oscar Winter / interviewed by Scott Hill
Date published: 1987

 
 
 



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Duration 01:00:02.353
Abstract Winter discusses his life in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He focuses on his recollections of the area that became overtaken by the expanding University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He also describes neighborhood life and social practices.
ContributorLa Crosse Urban History Project
IntervieweeWinter, Oscar
InterviewerHill, Scott
OwnerUniversity of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Type of resource sound recording
Genre history
Genre authority marcgt
Publisher name University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program
Place of publication La Crosse, Wisconsin
Date published 1987
Date captured 2016-11-21
Language eng
Subject topicWinter, Oscar -- Interviews Authority: LCSH
Subject topicUniversity of Wisconsin-La Crosse -- History Authority: LCSH
Subject topicNeighborhoods -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH
Subject topicLa Crosse (Wis.) -- Social life and customs Authority: LCSH
Subject topicUnited States -- History -- 1945-1953 Authority: LCSH
Subject topicUnited States -- History -- 1953-1961 Authority: LCSH
Source noteInterviews form basis for student reports cataloged separately.; La Crosse owns related paper, Oral History of the City of La Crosse: 1945-1960.; Forms part of: La Crosse Urban History Project, 1945-1960, conducted by students of History 325, American Urban History, at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1987. La Crosse owns supplemental material: 1 sound cassette.
Content00:00:20—Goosetown Neighborhood | 00:00:30—North 9th Street | 00:01:46—UW La Crosse pre 1930s | 00:02:06—UW La Crosse Development, 1930s | 00:03:10—Housing on 21st St. and State St. | 00:03:41—Changes in La Crosse | 00:03:52—Memorial Field Fairgrounds, La Crosse County Fair | 00:04:45—La Crosse County Fair, West Salem | 00:05:18—UW-La Crosse Expansion | 00:06:13—East Avenue Railroad | 00:07:50—La Crosse Normal School, 1915-1920 | 00:09:55—UW-La Crosse expansion, post-World War II | 00:10:54—La Crosse Hospital | 00:11:25—Schubert’s Market | 00:12:30—La Crosse, student life | 00:14:27—Student Population Growth | 00:15:43—Paper Routes in the neighborhoods of 21st St. and State St. | 00:16:56—Wilder Hall | 00:18:42—La Crosse Public School, Washington School | 00:19:52—Destruction of La Crosse Public School | 00:20:56—UW-La Crosse expansion, public opinion | 00:22:40—Neighborhood Public School | 00:23:04—Study Options for the Subject of Adult Fitness | 00:24:06—Grandview Hospital | 00:24:39—Dr. Henke | 00:25:40—St. Francis Catholic and Lutheran Hospitals, comparison | 00:27:30—Central High School | 00:28:57—Neighborhood class differences, 1940s | 00:29:49—Ethnic Neighborhoods, Polish and Bohemian | 00:32:05—Multiple Family Dwelling Homes | 00:32:45—Neighborhoods, Bluffs, and Mississippi River | 00:34:40—Neighborhoods, Cass St. | 00:35:21—Business Growth, post World War II | 00:36:05—Leisure Activities, 1940s | 00:37:05—Soldiers of World War II returning to La Crosse | 00:38:10—Blessed Sacrament Church | 00:39:51—Catholic Churches, La Crosse | 00:42:02—Neighborhoods, South Side North Side | 00:43:50—La Crosse, commuting | 00:45:34—Population Growth | 00:46:32—Neighborhood occupations | 00:46:50—Railroad Workers | 00:47:16—Railway Usage | 00:47:40—Car Owned in 1945 | 00:49:03—Brick Streets in the 1940s | 00:52:50—Housing Development, 1940s | 00:56:50—Neighborhood Development | 00:57:20—Living Arrangements, young couples | 00:59:08—Neighborhood Development, Bluffs, and Losey Boulevard
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